A new Heart of Glass is up at Fleshbot. This week’s topic: opening up lines of communication about desire. Link NSFW, of course.

Amanda Hess talks Fifty Shades of Grey, Fleshbot Fiction, and the future of erotica with Lux Alptraum over at Slate.

Five Stages of Griefhas its first review at Goodreads! Romance author Iris Blaire calls it “angsty and hotter than hell.” If you’ve read FSOG, please consider reviewing it at Smashwords and/or Goodreads.

The first installment of Heart of Glass, my sex advice column, debuted at Fleshbot this week. Ever wonder when is the right time to reveal a kink to a new lover? Find out.

Secondly, Fleshbot is running a series of shorts that I wrote that are within the Five Stages of Grief universe. (They take place between Part 1 and Part 2 of the novella.) The first one, “Ohio,” is up now.

My erotic novella, Five Stages of Grief, is now available for purchase with the launch of Fleshbot Fiction, Fleshbot’s new e-book imprint.

You can read an excerpt here and buy the book here in any e-reader format your heart desires. Also, look at this gorgeous cover with Jiz Lee and Justine Joli on it! (Thanks, Ellen Stagg, for the gorgeous photo.)

It has been really exciting to dust off my ol’ smut-writing shoes and go to town on new projects.

Just last week, I did a reading at Speakeasy Erotica in Iowa City. I shared the stage with a line-up of other wonderful writers who read lascivious prose that ranged from sexily silly to collar-pulling hot. I read an excerpt from my erotic novella, Five Stages of Grief, which is being published by Fleshbot Fiction on March 1st. Details about that will be coming up in the next week or so.

I’m also going to be publishing some very sexy short-shorts next week, in celebration of the upcoming publication. Stay tuned!